Igalia
Igalia is a specialized company in open source solutions, contributing to web engines, Linux kernel optimization, and cloud technologies, with a worker-owned, democratic structure based in Spain.
Company Overview
Igalia is a highly-specialized company developing innovative open source solutions for a large set of software and hardware platforms. Founded in Spain, it operates as a worker-owned, employee-run company with over 20 years of experience. Igalia offers a remote-friendly, collaborative, and supportive environment, and its employees participate equally in the management of the company through a democratic assembly structure.
Services
Igalia provides consultancy services across various areas including hypervisors, system virtualization, cloud technologies, Linux kernel optimization, and multimedia technologies. The company has extensive experience deploying and maintaining QA and CI infrastructures as well as developing user space network drivers for fast ethernet cards. Igalia is also known for its contributions to open source browsers and JavaScript Virtual Machines.
Products and Contributions
Igalia is the author and primary maintainer of the WPE WebKit port, which is widely adopted in industries like cable operations and consumer electronics. The company is a key contributor to Web engines and has actively contributed to major projects such as QEMU, Ceph, and Mesa. The team is involved in upstream code contributions to V8, JavaScriptCore, and Spidermonkey, and they maintain the MIPS and ARMv7 ports of JavaScriptCore.
Commitment to Open Source
Igalia is committed to the open source community, actively contributing to many projects and standards bodies such as W3C, ECMA International, WHATWG, IETF, and Khronos. The company has a long record of helping organizations achieve upstream integration goals and ensuring software quality through rigorous QA and CI processes. Igalia also hosts events like the Web Engines Hackfest and the 2024 Linux Display Next Hackfest.
Employee Benefits
Igalia offers a range of benefits to its employees, including 8 weeks of paid parental leave and 7 weeks (35 days) of paid time off annually. The company also provides a budget to support co-working spaces or home office setups. Employees of Igalia work in a democratic environment where they play an active role in decision-making processes.